Enemies: A race of aliens which attack the Earth; the Scorpion Man;
a monstrous mutant; an underwater race which sells drugs to humans as part
of their plan to conquer humanity; Shimon (his arch enemy, an evil double
agent)

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: Unknown

Base of Operations: Israel

First Appearance: Uri Oan (1987)

Powers/Abilities: Super powerful. Able to see to greater distances
than ordinary humans. Able to fly (which he did even when he didn't really
need to).

The bands of his wrists had a variety of powers, with each of the little
balls having a different capability, from explosives, to a near invisible
camera. The bands themselves could also fire energy bolts.

History: Uri was given his powers by a secret Israeli scientific agency
at the Israeli Negev. A former soldier, they used a special machine to grant
these super powers to use against aliens which threatened the Earth.

Comments: Created by Michael Netzer. The symbol on his chest represents
a Jewish temple lamp.

After appearing in four issues of his own magazine, he then turned up in
Culunu, a children's magazine.

Thanks to Eli Eshed for informing me of this character's existence, and providing
both information and images of him.

Special thanks to Sam Moses for additional information. Sam worked with Michael
Netzer on some of the issues of Uri On, and informs me "He has an arch nemesis,
don't remember his name (Shimon, I think), he's an evil double agent. Sorry,
it's been years.

The original series ran for four issues before Mike and John ran out of money.
Superhero comics don't really sell all that well in Israel.

The name Uri-Oan is an obvious illusion to Orion. Translated, it means "Strong
Uri" or literally, "Uri of Strength" or "Uri of might!" or "Uri of Devine
Power." You get the idea. Oan is one of those hebrew words that could be
translated a couple different ways." He also named Uri Oan's girlfriend,
clarified his powers, and mentioned that at one point, there had been the
hopes of selling stories involving the character to DC as part of their
Milestone comics.